Tag: stay-at-home mom
Posted on February 22, 2018
by bethany
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Last night, my friend Janet and I shared our dreams with one another. I’m not talking about lofty dreams about life goals. No. I’m talking about couches. Yes. Couches. #MomGoals “I just want a deep, rich blue couch. I love blue. Royal blue, you…
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Posted on July 21, 2014
by bethany
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As I gear up to go back to work full-time this fall, transitioning from an adjunct instructor to a full-time English instructor, I find myself fluctuating between excitement and eager anticipation and anxiety and grief as I let go of this period of my…
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Category: gratitudeTags: babies, back to work, be where your hands are, career, decisions, English, full-time, God, God's will, grad school, gratitude, job, let go and let God, letting go, making big decisions, meditation, mom, motherhood, peace, prayer, SAH mom, spirituality, stay-at-home mom, teaching, thankful, wasting time, working full-time
Posted on June 3, 2013
by bethany
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Our plans for the entire weekend fell apart. A workshop I planned on hosting had to be rescheduled due to dangerous weather conditions. I felt so disappointed. I’d been looking forward to the chance to see old friends and benefit from the shared experience,…
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Category: gratitudeTags: anal retentive, birthday, change, change of plans, coffee, control freak, flexibility, friendship, God, grateful, gratitude, interview, lack of control, motherhood, nap, nursing, parenting, plans, rain, relaxation, rest, Saturday, sleep, spring, stay-at-home mom, Sunday, sunset, taking a break, teaching, teaching philosophy, thankful, to-do list, We plan and God laughs, weekend, when God has other plans, workshop, writing
Posted on May 29, 2013
by bethany
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Gratitude rarely actually changes things. Not in my life, anyway. Things stay the same. Circumstances come and go, as all circumstances do. My family members who irk me continue to irk me. The one who never says “I love you” may never say “I…
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Category: gratitudeTags: addicts, attitude, babies, baby, daily gratitude list, family, God, grateful, gratitude, health, it is what it is, it works if you work it, job stress, lack of sleep, love, mom, mother-in-law, motherhood, mothers, nursing, prayer, pregnancy, recovery, Satan, Serenity Prayer, sleep, stay-at-home mom, stress, switching gears, thankful, things always stay the same, things never change, unsolicited advice, wonder, work
Posted on May 12, 2013
by bethany
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My mom had a rough go of it growing up. I won’t share details, because they are my mom’s to share, but trust me. Despite the circumstances of her childhood, my mom chose to have four daughters, all of us about two years apart….
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Category: gratitudeTags: Arkansas, blogging, career, childhood, chore chart, discipline, divorce, family, giving, God, Google, grateful, gratitude, growing pains, how to love, love, mama, Mama said, marriage, mom, moms, mother, Mother's Day, motherhood, nature, parenting, role model, stay-at-home mom, thank you, thankful, worship, writing, young moms
Posted on May 6, 2013
by bethany
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* Big thanks to my best friend, MeLissa Horseman, for today’s post. She may have never wanted children, but she’s become one of the best moms I know.* I never thought I wanted children. I barely thought I wanted to get married, let alone…
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Category: gratitudeTags: babies, blessings, broken relationships, budget, children, colic, dad, family budget, fatherhood, grateful, gratitude, kids, love, marriage, miracle of life, mommy, Mother's Day, motherhood, never wanted children, parenting, pregnancy, SAH mom, stay-at-home mom, thankful
Posted on February 3, 2013
by bethany
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*I’ve known Jessica since college, and I feel privileged to have watched her evolve into who she is today. Our journeys aren’t identical, but I relate to much of her story. Check out her blog!* Gratitude and love. Topics that seem to go hand…
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Category: gratitude, photographyTags: balance, children, Christianity, delicate dance, family, friendship, God, grateful, gratitude, grief, harmony, home school, iPod, Jessica Beaver, Jessica Cline Beaver, joy, letting go, life lessons, love, no regrets, Paige, pain, parenting, sorrow, stay-at-home mom, teenagers, thankful, themakingofmom.blogspot.com
Posted on January 8, 2013
by bethany
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Today, one of my best friends drove two hours to visit me for the second time since my baby was born. I consider her to be my “soul sister” because of the parallel spiritual paths we trod. As the mother of four children, taking…
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Category: gratitudeTags: angels, babies, best friends, Chuck Brodsky, David LaMotte, encouragement, family, friends, friendship, God, grateful, gratitude, help, love, marathon, motherhood, nursing, parenting, prayer, stay-at-home mom, We Are Each Other's Angels
Posted on December 29, 2012
by bethany
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Recently I wrote a blog post for my personal blog, My 2012 gift list, and listed the most significant gifts I received in 2012. I didn’t list tangible objects or even relationships on the list–I limited my gift list to the intangible yet priceless…
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Category: gratitudeTags: 2012, 2012 bucket list, 2012 gratitude list, babies, baby, blog, blogging, bucket list, career, childbirth, Christianity, church, college, delivery, education, employment, friendship, God, graduate school, grateful, gratitude, gratitude list, health, John Eldredge, marriage, meditation, parenting, prayer, pregnancy, RPM, Scripture, spiritual growth, spirituality, stay-at-home mom, wedding, wellness, Wild at Heart, work, writing
Posted on June 26, 2012
by bethany
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Since I began tutoring a boy in our neighborhood at the age of 13, I’ve been employed. I tried my hand at the fast food industry, bussed tables at a fish house, scooped ice cream at a small town diner, and handled deposits and…
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Category: gratitudeTags: babies, careers, EDS, employment, fast food, grateful, gratitude, jobs, motherhood, pregnancy, stay-at-home mom, Weaver Family Medicine, work
